Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-05-18

fellow was tho cool answer, u thought that
you were vilderbeeste calf. I galloped the
cow and killed her, and she had calf with
her, and when got the cartridges out of my
ride-for one stuck and took ME some time
and the new ones in, looked up, and there,
asI thought, was the calf So got my rife
on and let drive, first with one l.arrel and
then with the other, and when l saw you
jump Up like that and shout, and that I had
been firing at man, nearly tainted. Thank
the Almighty did not hit YOU"
John listened coldly. II suppose that I am
bound to believe you, Meinheer Muller" he
said "But I have been told that you have
the most wonderful sight Of any man in these
parts. which makes it odd that at 300 yards
you should mistake man upon his hands and
knees for vilderbeeste calf"
sDoes the captain think, then, that wished
tomurrler him; especially" he added, "after
Itook his hand this morning"
- don't know what I Think" answered
John, looking straight into Muller's eyes,
which fell before his own. "All know is
thot your curious mistake very nearly cost
ne,my life. Look here!" and he took lock
othis brown bair out of the crown Of his per-
f0Hted hat and showed it to the other.
.,ss i was very close. Let US thank God
T'aat could not well have been closer, mein-
heer. I hope that, both for your own sake
and for the sake Of the people who 60 out
shooting with you, you will not make such
mistake again. Good morning."
The handsome Boer, or Anglo-Boer, sat on
his horse stroking his beautiful beard and
no 1i,,rr aftor Iobn Malls cf,,rc,,
English looking figure as he marched toward
the cart ror, Of course, the wounded Wider
beeste had long ago vanished).
II WONDER" he said to himself aloud, as lie
turned his horses head and rode leisurely
away, "if the old volk are right after all, and
If there is God" Frank Muller was suffl-
ciently impregnated with modern ideas to be
free thinker.) ut almost seems like it," he
went on, "else how did it come that the one
bullet passed under his belly and the other
just touched his head without harming him9
I aimed carefully enough, too, and l could
make the shot nineteen times out of twenty
and not miss. Bah, God snap my
fingers at him. Chance is the only god.
Chance blows men about like the dead grass.
till death comes down like the veldt fire and
burns them up But there are men who ride
chance as one rides young colt-ay, who
turn its headlong rushing and rearing to their
own ends-who let it fly hither and thither
till it is weary, and then canter it along the
road that leads to triumph. I, Frank Null
ler, AMI one of those men. never fail in the
end. will kill that Englishman. Perhaps I
will kill old Silas Croft and the Hottentot,
too. Bah! they do not know what is coming.
7 1-po hoxya ho1r, fo 1aJ "a min nd
unless they bend to my will shall be the one
to fire it. will kill them all and will take
Mooifontein, and then I will marry Bessie.
She will fight against it, but that will make
it all the sweeter. She loves that rooibaatje;
know it, and will kiss her over his dead
body. All! there are the carts don't see
the captain Driven home, I suppose, on ac-
count of the shock to his nerves. Well, I
must talk to those fools. Lord, what fools
they are with their talk about the land and
the 'verdomde Britische government They
don't know what is good for them. Silly
sheep, with Frank Muller for shepherd!
Ay, and they shall have Frank Muller for q
president one day, and I will rule them, too.
Bah! hate the English; but I am glad that
am half English for all that. for that is
where get the brains! But these people
fools, fools. Well, I shall pipe and they shall
dance"
"Baas," said Jantje to John, as they were
driving homeward, "Baas Frank shot ut you"
allow do you know that" asked John.
~ saw him. He was stalking the wounded
bull, and not looking for a calf at all. There
was no calf. He was just going to fire at the
wounded bull when he turned and saw you,
and he knelt down and covered you, and be-
fore could do anything he fired, and then
when he SOW that he had missed you he fired
again, and don't know how it was he didn't
kill you, for he is wonderful shot with
rife-he never misses"
II will have the man tried for attempted
murder" said John, bringing the butt end
of his rifle down with bang OH to the bot
tom of the cart "a villain like that shall
not 60 scot free"
Jantje grinned.
at is no usc baas. He would get off, for
am the only witness. A jury won't believe
black man in this country, and they would
never punish Boer for shooting at al Eng
lishman. No. baas, you should lie up one
day in the veldt where lie is going to pass
and shoot him. That is what I would do if 1
dared"